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Call #242 · on the line

Lorraine Mabbs
of Ingleby Thorp Interior Bureau

an annual inspection of a back step you have never used · inspection

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The call

Oldest line at the top; it reads downward like a script.

Lorraine Mabbs Hello, sorry to bother you, it's Lorraine Mabbs from Ingleby Thorp Interior Bureau. I'm ringing about your annual back-step inspection, if that's all right?

What the script said

The beats the caller had to get through.

  1. Open by confirming you are through to the occupier of the property.
  2. Explain the Bureau's annual back-step inspection covers steps not in use.
  3. Address the objection that no back step exists by offering to inspect anyway.
  4. Ask for the yes: book the inspection for a step you cannot locate.

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